Hakeem Jeffries Asked How Dems Can Take Advantage Of The Feud Between Elon Musk, President Trump

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held his weekly press briefing on Friday, where he was asked about taking advantage of the feud between Elon Musk and President Trump.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Leader. If the aim is to kill Trump's bill, then how can Democrats right now

00:06strategically, tactically take advantage of this very public break between Donald Trump and Elon

00:14Musk? We have to keep the pressure on House Republicans and Senate Republicans to do the

00:21right thing and vote in the best interest of the people that they represent, which means voting

00:28against Trump's one big ugly bill. To the extent that Elon Musk has made the same point

00:35that everyone who has voted for this bill up until this moment should be ashamed of themselves,

00:44we agree. And to the extent that Elon Musk has made the point that the bill is a disgusting

00:53abomination, we agree. And to the extent that Elon Musk has made the observation about

01:01the GOP tax scam, that it is reckless and irresponsible to explode the deficit by more than three trillion

01:12dollars and that potentially could set our country on a path toward bankruptcy, we agree. These are

01:19arguments that Democrats have been making now for months. And it's the reason why every single

01:27House Democrat strongly opposed the GOP tax scam and why every single Senate Democrat is opposed to this

01:37one big ugly bill. Therefore, at this moment, we just need a handful of Senate Republicans to do the

01:49right thing in opposing the right thing in opposing the GOP tax scam and the reckless budget that limped

01:57barely out of the House of Representatives. We only need four. And in fact, because it is likely that the junior

02:08senator from Kentucky will remain a hard no, we only need three additional Senate Republicans.

02:18And we can kill the bill. And we can kill the bill. That's our focus right now. It's all hands on deck in that

02:26effort. And to the extent that the developments of this week will make it more likely that we can kill the GOP tax

02:37scam. That's a welcome development.

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